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German short-haired pointers Greta, left, and Gus, sister and brother, are temporarily making their home at Argus Pet Center in Las Cruces.

LAS CRUCES - Two German short-haired pointers need a good home after their owner unexpectedly died last week.

Brother and sister Gus and Greta are 5-year-old purebred pointers.

The dogs are up-to-date with vaccinations, have been neutered and spayed and are house trained. They are free to a good home so long as they are adopted as a pair and they have a yard to roam, said Mary Saggerson of the Argus Pet Center in Las Cruces.

Their owner brought the dogs to the kennel mid-January. Following his death, his family didn't want the dogs and turned ownership over to the kennel.

The dogs will be euthanized if they can't find a home, Saggerson said.

"Their life span is up to 12 years. They will be 6 in May and still have a lot of life in them," she said.

Gus had a small surgery recently to remove a non-cancerous fatty deposit on his back and Greta is deaf, but Saggerson said she is not skittish as a result of her hearing loss.

"Beyond that, they are in perfect health and great dogs. I'd take them myself but I have five animals at home," she said.



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